Dekalb Medical Center Hospital

Welcome to the DeKalb Medical Surgical Weight Loss Center. By visiting, you've taken the first step in your journey to successful weight loss. While you're here, find out about our bariatric surgeons and other useful information to help you make one of the most important decisions of your life. The Surgical Weight Loss Center program is a proven care plan based on the National Institutes of Health guidelines. It has been designated a Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and the Surgical Review Corporation. This designation is only given to bariatric surgery centers which demonstrate high quality, low complications and outstanding outcomes for large volumes of patients. A center of excellence designation recognizes a practice for patient safety and advocacy, which provides continuous improvement of bariatric surgery.  One of the best in Georgia, our Surgical Weight Loss Center, with highly qualified bariatric surgeons, offers surgery and lifestyle modification for individuals 100 or more pounds overweight. Our Surgical Weight Loss Center bariatric surgeons specialize in laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic adjustable gastric band procedures. The Surgical Weight Loss Center, located on DeKalb Medical’s North Decatur campus, offers free group consultations and specially designed furniture and medical equipment.